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Edmund Vance Cooke Quote

You are beaten to earth? Well well what's that? Come up with a smiling face it's nothing against you to fall down flat but to lie there - that's disgrace.

Edmund Vance Cooke

You are beaten to earth? Well well what's that? Come up with a smiling face it's nothing against you to fall down flat but to lie there - that's disgrace.

Tags: failures, mistakes

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About Edmund Vance Cooke

Edmund Vance Cooke (June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932) was a 19th- and 20th-century poet best remembered for his inspirational verse "How Did You Die?"
Cooke was born in Port Dover, Canada West. In 1898 he married Lilith Castleberry, with whom he had five children. He later read his poems on radio station WWJ in Detroit, Michigan. He died in Cleveland, Ohio.
Cooke’s poetry has been set to music by several composers, including Nellie Bangs Skelton and Kate Vanderpoel.